| Term | Definition |
| excessive | too much, too great. |
| fund | money collected or kept for a special purpose. to provide money for a special purpose. |
| grip | a tight hold on something, a grasp. |
| incompetent | unable to do a job peoperly. |
| inflation | a general rise in prices. |
| outlast | to live or exist longer than something else. |
| printed | to put words or pictures on paper with a machine e.g. to create a book or money. |
| rampant | numerous and growing in quantity; widespread and uncontrollable. |
| stores | 1) a place where things are kept until needed. 2) things kept for future use. 3) a shop especially a large one. |
| substantial | large, considerable. |
| tangible | which can be touched, real. |
| arts | a skill or ability. |
| ban | an order to not do something, prohibition. |
| bartering | to trade by exchange of goods for other goods. |
| curfews | a time or signal after which people must stay indoors. |
| imperative | essential, important. |
| lamps | a device for producing light from electricity, gas or oil. |
| maintaining | to keep something in good condition. |
| minimized | to reduce to smallest amount. |
| provocation | an action that makes someone angry or rouses action. |
| unenforceable | that you can not make people obey. |
| brutalized | to treat someone cruelly. |
| carve | to cut something carefully. 2) to cut meat into slices. |
| dishonorably | wihtout honor, respect, or dignity. |
| droughts | a long period of time when there is no rain. |